A bushy plant with bitter juice that can be poisonous and is used as medicine.
About Wormwood
Wormwood is a general name for a group of woody plants with a strong aromatic smell. These plants have a strong, bitter taste. The young shoots and branch tips of wormwood plants are used to make the "wormwood" product sold in markets. Because of its bitter taste, wormwood is often mentioned alongside gall as a symbol of bitter calamity and sorrow (Proverbs 5:4; Jeremiah 9:15; 23:15; Lamentations 3:15, 19; Revelation 8:11).
Artemisia herba-alba is the most common type of wormwood found in the Holy Land today. It has a strong aromatic smell similar to camphor and tastes bitter. Another type, Artemisia judaica, grows only in the Sinai region.
Key References
You saw the abominations and idols among them made of wood and stone, of silver and gold.
in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a double-edged sword.
The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters turned bitter like wormwood oil, and many people died from the bitter waters.
All Scripture References (9)
Deuteronomy (1)
You saw the abominations and idols among them made of wood and stone, of silver and gold.
Proverbs (1)
in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a double-edged sword.
Jeremiah (2)
Instead, they have followed the stubbornness of their hearts and gone after the Baals, as their fathers taught them.”
Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts says concerning the prophets: “I will feed them wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink, for from the prophets of Jerusalem ungodliness has spread throughout the land.”
Lamentations (2)
He has filled me with bitterness; He has intoxicated me with wormwood.
Remember my affliction and wandering, the wormwood and the gall.
Amos (2)
Revelation (1)
The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters turned bitter like wormwood oil, and many people died from the bitter waters.